Hao Ren remained silent and continued to help Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu didn't say anything else. She cooked and steamed the vegetables, and they worked well together.
When dinner was almost ready, Zhao Yanzi and Zhao Guang came back. Due to the pressure from West Ocean, Zhao Guang had been driving Zhao Yanzi to school in person. He had also stationed some elders around LingZhao Middle School.
"Mom! The food smells great today! "Zhao Yanzi, who was wearing her blue school uniform, skipped into the kitchen.
"Hehe, with Ren's help today, it's even better," Zhao Hongyu said with a smile.
"Oh! You should ask him for help! "Zhao Yanzi pouted and rolled her eyes at Hao Ren.
Hao Ren smiled helplessly. Since Zhao Yanzi was in a good mood, Hao Ren guessed that Zeng Yitao didn't come to school these days and didn't bother her.
"You seem to have cooked a lot today," Zhao Guang praised loudly in the living room.
"Of course! I ordered all the dishes today!" Zhao Yanzi hopped out of the kitchen cheerfully.
She was overjoyed when she heard that Zeng Yitao lost a realm, but she didn't really think about the consequences.
"Ok, ok, ok. Time to eat." Zhao Hongyu walked out of the kitchen with two plates of stir-fried dishes.
Zhao Yanzi skipped over and picked up two pieces of meat with her fingertips before putting them into her mouth.
"Little greedy cat!" Zhao Hongyu put the dishes on the table and patted Zhao Yanzi's head. Of course, it was just a symbolic punishment. Zhao Yanzi stuck out her tongue and didn't care at all.
Hao Ren followed Zhao Hongyu out with the other two plates of food.
"There's still soup. Go and get it for me. Don't just eat!" Zhao Hongyu reached out and pinched Zhao Yanzi's nose.
"Got it! Got it! "Zhao Yanzi quickly walked into the kitchen and brought out a big bowl of soup with her hands covered with a rag.
Seeing how clumsy she was, Hao Ren knew that she rarely did housework. Hao Ren was a bit worried about her as she walked out slowly.
Zhao Guang put down the newspaper in his hand, walked to the table, and sat down.
"Let's eat!" Zhao Hongyu untied her apron and exhaled deeply. Cooking dinner every night was a battle that Zhao Hongyu couldn't ignore.
Zhao Yanzi put a big bowl of soup on the table and hurriedly blew on her fingers before putting them to her ears to cool them down. She looked clumsy and agile like a bunny.
"Ren, come on, let's eat! You've been busy for more than half an hour today. "Zhao Hongyu pulled him to the dining table.
Hao Ren looked at Zhao Guang who was sitting across from him. He thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle, what's West Ocean doing recently?"
"Oldman Zeng and 16 senior elders are staying in a hotel in East Ocean City. They should be fine for now," Zhao Guang said.
"That old man is here too. Is he up to something good?" Zhao Yanzi said with chopsticks in her hand.
"Focus on your studies. You don't have to worry about anything else." Zhao Guang looked at Zhao Yanzi with a stern face.
Hearing her dad's words, Zhao Yanzi wrinkled her nose and looked unhappy. What is this? Hao Ren can participate in the affairs of East Ocean, but I can only be a kid?
"I went to Elder Sun's Martial Arts Dojo today. The power of the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll is getting stronger," Hao Ren said.
"Ok. You don't have to rush your cultivation." Zhao Guang nodded calmly.
He could tell that Hao Ren had advanced from Li-level to Zhen-level, but he didn't want to make Hao Ren proud. That was why he didn't mention it. In Zhao Guang's mind, even a Zhen-level cultivator wouldn't be of much help.
"Besides, Little White is more powerful than before," Hao Ren continued.
"Little White?" Zhao Yanzi's eyes lit up as she ate. "I haven't seen Little White in a long time!"
Hearing Zhao Yanzi's words, Little White became restless in the necklace.
Hao Ren opened his necklace and released Little White.
"Haha, Little White!" Zhao Yanzi put down her chopsticks and picked Little White up.
It seemed like she liked Little White more than Hao Ren.
"Zi, you're still eating!" Zhao Hongyu knocked on the table to remind Zhao Yanzi.
"Mom! Prepare some food for Little White! "Zhao Yanzi wasn't afraid of Zhao Hongyu's warning at all. Instead, she lifted Little White up.
Little White's body was snow-white, and its claws were golden. It was very beautiful.
Zhao Yanzi played with it for a while before tossing it into the air.
Little White's four claws were emitting flames, and it began to fly around the spacious living room casually.
Not only were its four claws stepping on flames, but flames were also coming out of its mouth, making it look majestic.
Zhao Hongyu and Zhao Guang got serious when they saw this. "Is it really just an ordinary Bin-level Spirit Beast with such power before transforming?"
"Little White, transform!" Zhao Yanzi patted Little White's back lightly as if she were playing with a lion in a circus.
Boom! Little White immediately turned into the size of a normal Snow Lion. It had golden claws, a long mane, and bright black eyes. This image was a hundred times more majestic than the stone lions in front of those big companies!
"Ah …" Zhao Hongyu looked at Little White and screamed.
Zhao Yanzi said proudly, "Mom, I told you that Little White is powerful."
Zhao Hongyu pouted and looked at her unhappily. "Look at the carpet!"
Zhao Yanzi looked at where Little White's claws were and found that the carpet that her mom treasured the most was burned by Little White's four claws!
"Little White, Little White!" Hao Ren waved at Little White immediately.
The innocent Little White shrunk its body, put away the flames in its claws, and jumped into Hao Ren's arms.
"Mom … Little White didn't do it on purpose …" Zhao Yanzi said immediately.
"Ok, let's eat." Zhao Hongyu sighed helplessly. Compared with Little White, Zhao Yanzi had broken many things when she was young. As a mother, she would have died of anger if she held it against Little White.
Zhao Guang stared at Little White in Hao Ren's arms and thought for a few seconds before asking, "What level is it now?"
"It should be on level 1," Hao Ren said.
Little White knew that it had made a mistake in Hao Ren's arms, so it shook its butt and tried to get into Hao Ren's necklace. However, how could it get in if Hao Ren didn't open it?
"The red light it spits out has a hint of gold in it, so it shouldn't be ordinary fire. Speaking of which, the inner fire of spirit beasts is a demonic fire that can be used for alchemy, "Zhao Guang said.
Ever since Hao Ren took back hundreds of level 10 godly elixir pills from the Nine Dragon Palace, Zhao Guang had realized that elixir pills were a very important strategic resource. However, the energy of the godly elixir pills was too strong, and they couldn't be taken in large quantities. If East Ocean and West Ocean went to war, elixir pills above level 3 would be very important.
"Alchemy?" Suddenly, Hao Ren's interest was piqued. The only time he had seen a real elixir making was when Little Daoist Zhen made Zhao Kuo's life-saving elixir, and he had seen the effect of that elixir.
As for Elder Xingyue, she just brewed medicine for Su Han.
Little Daoist Zhen's true form was a demon beast with intelligence, which was why the flames he spat out could be used to make elixirs.
Asking Little White to spit fire to refine pills … Hmm, I can try it in the future.
Tug the tail, and it would be a small fire. Tug twice, and it would be a medium fire. Tug thrice, and it would be a big fire. It was almost like a gas switch. Hao Ren thought.
"I'm just saying. East Ocean has a great dharma treasure master, but we don't have a good elixir master. Little Daoist Zhen's interest is in making dharma treasures. Although he can make elixirs, it's time-consuming, so he won't do it easily, "Zhao Guang said.
"Especially when it comes to low-level elixir pills, Little Daoist Zhen won't lower himself to help us," Zhao Hongyu added.
"Making elixir pills is just putting the ingredients in the pot, controlling the heat, and stewing them out like cooking," Zhao Yanzi interrupted.
Zhao Hongyu glanced at her and didn't bother to explain.
After dinner, Zhao Yanzi was urged by Zhao Hongyu to go upstairs for tutoring. Hao Ren went upstairs with her and supervised her homework. Then, he continued with yesterday's lesson on geometry.
Zhao Yanzi opened her backpack and took out her homework one by one. Her face was full of displeasure.
She didn't care about Oldman Zeng coming to East Ocean City with 16 elders. If the East Ocean Dragon Clan was the base camp of the East Ocean Dragon Clan in the ocean, then East Ocean City was the base camp of the East Ocean Dragon Clan on land. Zhao Yanzi wasn't afraid that a dozen of them could do anything in the territory of the East Ocean Dragon Clan.
Zhao Yanzi hastily finished the assignments and turned around. She opened her palm to Hao Ren.
Hao Ren took out the test papers from the bag and put them in her hand.
Zhao Yanzi took the test papers away and continued to open her palm to Hao Ren.
"What?" Hao Ren looked at her strangely.
"I bought a lot of snacks and used up all my money." Zhao Yanzi shook her palm.
"Why don't you ask your parents?" Hao Ren squinted at her.
"Do I need to ask?" Zhao Yanzi squinted her eyes and pouted.
"I can lend you money, but you have to study hard." Hao Ren took out his wallet.
"I'm giving you money, not borrowing." Zhao Yanzi took Hao Ren's wallet and took out three 100-yuan bills. "I won't take much. Just 300 yuan!"
Hao Ren's mouth twitched. He thought, "I only have 400 yuan in cash, and you took 300 yuan? Is that not a lot?"
In fact, Zhao Yanzi had her own difficulties. Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu wanted her to live frugally, so they only gave her a small amount of pocket money every month. However, on the one hand, she was greedy and always sneaked out to buy delicious food at noon. On the other hand, she liked shopping with Ling and couldn't help but buy beautiful things. Therefore, her pocket money was not enough.
If it weren't for her Third Uncle who secretly supported her and gave her hundreds or thousands of yuan each time, her good life wouldn't last long. Now that Zhao Kuo was no longer in East Ocean City, her life was getting harder and harder. She bought a 500-yuan gift for Ling's birthday last week, and she was really poor now.
"I'm telling you, you have to control your money in the future …" Hao Ren lectured her.
Zhao Yanzi covered her ears and pretended that she didn't want to listen.
Seeing her like this, Hao Ren took out his cell phone, found a photo, and put it in front of her.
Seeing this, Zhao Yanzi's eyes gradually widened, and her mouth became crooked. She immediately reached out to grab it.
In the photo, Zhao Yanzi was lying on the bed with her head on Hao Ren's test paper. The saliva coming out of her mouth made half of the paper wet!
How could she leave such a damaging photo in Hao Ren's phone!
Hao Ren suddenly raised his phone, and Zhao Yanzi missed her grab. This kind of 'evidence' must be kept in the cell phone to make Zhao Yanzi listen to him.
Thump!
The wooden chair Hao Ren was sitting on fell backward.
Zhao Yanzi missed the phone and fell onto Hao Ren's chest. She fell as well!
"Aiya, so be it. What are you guys doing?" She was worried about Zhao Yanzi and wanted to supervise her. She walked to Zhao Yanzi's room and pushed the door open when she heard the loud noise.
What she saw was Hao Ren lying on the floor with panic in his eyes, and Zhao Yanzi jumping on his chest anxiously. Her mouth almost touched Hao Ren's lips.
"Ugh …"
Zhao Hongyu almost couldn't wrap her head around it.
Zhao Yanzi's upper body was on Hao Ren's chest. When she turned her head and saw Zhao Hongyu, her face turned as red as a pig's liver.
"Mom, it's him …" Zhao Yanzi pointed at Hao Ren's arm on the floor. She suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
If Zhao Hongyu saw the photo, she would definitely know that she was sleeping while Hao Ren was tutoring her. Wouldn't she be shooting herself in the foot?
"What, what's wrong with him?" Zhao Hongyu walked in and asked.
"No … nothing." Zhao Yanzi blushed and stood up.
Hao Ren also coughed slightly and got up from the floor. He took a photo yesterday just for fun and didn't mean anything else. He didn't expect Zhao Yanzi to be so excited and make such a big scene.
"Study hard." Zhao Hongyu turned around and walked out of the room helplessly.
The more Zhao Hongyu acted like this, the more Zhao Yanzi knew she misunderstood. Her face turned red, and she wanted to explain but didn't know how.
She touched her little mouth. She didn't know if their lips had touched in the panic just now.
Seeing Zhao Hongyu walk out of the room, the blush on Zhao Yanzi's face faded a little. She thought carefully and turned to Hao Ren, "Did … did we … ah?"
"What?" Hao Ren looked at her in confusion. "Isn't this crossword puzzle too difficult?"
Seeing Zhao Yanzi touching her lips with her hand, Hao Ren subconsciously touched his own lips with his hand as well.
"Ah? Did we? "Zhao Yanzi frowned anxiously.
Hearing her question, Hao Ren finally knew what she was talking about.
The fall was too sudden, and Zhao Hongyu suddenly walked in. In the panic, he didn't realize this problem.
"We probably did …" Hao Ren answered after a few seconds of hesitation.
"Ah?" Zhao Yanzi wrinkled her nose and eyebrows even more awkwardly.
"Then what should we do?" Hao Ren asked her back.
"What else can we do?" Zhao Yanzi glared at Hao Ren and said, "You took away my first kiss, you damn uncle! Bad uncle! "
Seeing her reaction, Hao Ren chuckled.
Seeing Hao Ren's laughter, Zhao Yanzi looked at him in confusion. "Ah? We didn't kiss? "
Hao Ren took a deep breath and looked at her. "Did you want to touch it or not?"
"I …" Zhao Yanzi paused for half a second. "Of course we didn't touch it!"
"Ok, ok, ok. Then we didn't touch it." Hao Ren took the exam paper from the table and gave it to Zhao Yanzi.
"Sometimes, I should be idealistic."
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